Quotes About Courage

It isn't ceasing to live that [I'm] afraid of but never beginning to live properly?

Finally, in every event which leads you to sorrow, remember to use this principle: that this is not a misfortune, but that to bear it like a brave man is good fortune.

You say — 'It's unfortunate that this has happened to me.' No. It's fortunate that this has happened and I've remained unharmed by it — not shattered by the present or frightened of the future. It could have happened to anyone. But not everyone could have remained unharmed by it.

Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

NajlepÅ¡í spôsob obrany je nepodobaÃ…Â¥ sa tým, ?o nám ubližujú.

this is not a misfortune but that to bear it like a brave man is good fortune

Death smiles at us all; the best a man can do is smile back.

Indeed, the application of the adjective "stoic" to a person who shows strength and courage in misfortune probably owes more to the aristocratic Roman value system than it does to Greek philosophers. Stoicism

Let the god that is within you be the champion of the being you are.

Think thyself fit and worthy to speak, or to do anything that is according to nature, and let not the reproach, or report of some that may ensue upon it, ever deter thee. If it be right and honest to be spoken or done, undervalue not thyself so much, as to be discouraged from it.

One man prays thus: How shall I be able to lie with that woman? Do thou pray thus: How shall I not desire to lie with her? Another prays thus: How shall I be released from this? Pray thou: How shall I not desire to be released? Another thus: How shall I not lose my little son? Thou thus: How shall I not be afraid to lose him? In fine, turn thy prayers this way, and see what comes.

esta adversidad no es un infortunio, mas soportarlo noblemente es una suerte.                               50.

And moreover, to fear pain is to fear something that's bound to happen, the world being what it is—and that again is blasphemy.

It is in thy power to live free from all compulsion in the greatest tranquillity of mind, even if all the world cry out against thee as much as they choose, and even if wild beasts tear in pieces the members of this kneaded matter which has grown around thee.

Then the only proper response for me to make is this: 'You are much mistaken, my friend, if you think that any man worth his salt cares about the risk of death and doesn't concentrate on this alone: whether what he's doing is right or wrong, and his behavior a good man's or a bad one's.' 

Speak what you really think, not what you think people want to hear.

From Claudius Maximus, in all things to endeavour to have power of myself, and in nothing to be carried about; to be cheerful and courageous in all sudden chances and accidents, as in sicknesses: to love mildness, and moderation, and gravity: and to do my business, whatsoever it be, thoroughly, and without querulousness.

Wisdom is knowledge of good and bad; courage is knowledge of what to fear and what not to fear; moderation is knowledge of what to pursue and what to avoid; justice is knowledge of what to give or what not to give others.

If, at some point in your life, you should come across anything better than justice, prudence, self-control, courage — than a mind satisfied that it has succeeded in enabling you to act rationally, and satisfied to accept what's beyond its control — if you find anything better than that, embrace it without reservations — it must be an extraordinary thing indeed — and enjoy it to the full.

I am happy, though this has happened to me, because I continue free from pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearing the future

Now to conclude; upon all occasion of sorrow remember henceforth to make use of this dogma, that whatsoever it is that hath happened unto thee, is in very deed no such thing of itself, as a misfortune; but that to bear it generously, is certainly great happiness.

That in this, there is strength and nerves, or vigour and fortitude: whereof anger and indignation is altogether void.

Be the stone cliff against which the waves constantly break, standing firm against the fury of the sea.

Ten presente en tus asaltos de cólera que no es propia del hombre la irritación, sino la dulzura y el sosiego que, a la vez que humanas, son virtudes más varoniles e infunden al que las posee más fuerza, más nervios y más valor viril que al que se impacienta y maldice.